Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
The Revelaires* You're So Wrong You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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